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Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jangofett on November 11, 2003, 10:22:23 PM
Found out this morning, Gretchen is pregnant. There's going to be a Jangofettling running around here.  :)
Title: congrats!
Post by: ladybrid on November 11, 2003, 11:42:55 PM
congrats!
and wouldn't the proper term for a jangofettling be
Boba Fett?
:o
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: TheGoodGuy on November 12, 2003, 01:01:15 AM
woot!

all that pushing finally got somewhere. :)
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Post by: JBix on November 12, 2003, 07:26:01 AM
Congratulations man!  Welcome to fatherhood!  Let us know as soon as you know due date, etc! :cheers:
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Post by: john on November 12, 2003, 07:37:43 AM
As George Castanza in Seinfeld said "My boys!  They did it!" I guess your reastion was similar :lol:

Good luck!
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Post by: Linh on November 12, 2003, 10:03:37 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: dmp221 on November 12, 2003, 10:56:01 AM
Keep your GS in good shape...ya never know....
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: dmp221 on November 12, 2003, 10:58:27 AM
...it would make a really cool 16th birthday present!
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Post by: pantablo on November 12, 2003, 11:18:50 AM
CONGRATULATIONS JF!

Your life will change in so many wonderful ways with a child in your life...will change the way you look at the world.
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: Casimir on November 12, 2003, 11:54:36 AM
Congrats!  :cheers:
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Post by: 96gs on November 12, 2003, 02:56:17 PM
CONGRATULATIONS. you gonna try to get him into riding to?
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Post by: Cris on November 12, 2003, 03:23:46 PM
Great news!
:cheers: Congratulations! :cheers:
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: scratch on November 12, 2003, 04:27:12 PM
Congradulations!
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jangofett on November 12, 2003, 04:38:59 PM
Thanks for all the great messages and my wife thanks you as well. I love coming to this board because it is one big family around here. The world already feels different. She is in the very early stage and we will know more tomorrow as far as due dates, etc. when she visits the obgyn. I am trying to keep her as calm as possible. We can't believe how fast it happened. We just really started trying a little over a month and a half ago. I will keep all of you posted. Take care. :)
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Post by: scratch on November 12, 2003, 05:43:12 PM
Can you just hear the pitter patter of little fetts everywhere?
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Post by: snapper on November 12, 2003, 07:08:06 PM
WAHOOOOO!
Great News!

Yipppeeeee!
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: TheGoodGuy on November 12, 2003, 07:33:06 PM
Quote from: jangofettWe can't believe how fast it happened. We just really started trying a little over a month and a half ago. I will keep all of you posted. Take care. :)

And you thought that was fast. A friend of mine is pregnent from her first night. She married as a virgin and got pregnent somewhere on the first few days after getting married. Needless to say she is "Bummed" now. Oh well 9 months and then she can continue what she was hoping to be a good break between children.

I was telling her to get on the pill if she wanted to wait a while, but being a goodie goodie girl she didnt seem to think that it could happen that fast. Ofcourse both parents are estatic since they are going to be grand parents soon.
Title: Congrads...
Post by: The Buddha on November 17, 2003, 12:28:20 PM
Yea....Way to go... The GS can be used to keep him/her in line... Like if they do well in school, do chores etc reward... riding the bike. If they do bad... punishment... say cleaning+waxing it. How's that.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jake42 on November 17, 2003, 05:31:47 PM
congrats.  just wait till he/she is old enough to empty out all your socket sets and go after the gs with them and a pair of needle nose pliers... :)

jake
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on November 18, 2003, 01:42:12 AM
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Post by: Cris on November 18, 2003, 05:06:17 PM
Quote from: scratchCan you just hear the pitter patter of little fetts everywhere?
Good one, Scratch!  :lol:
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Post by: mwdbruno on November 18, 2003, 06:35:56 PM
Congrats!!!    :cheers:
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jangofett on March 04, 2004, 03:24:52 PM
Just wanted to update everyone, we found out we are having a boy! Gretchen is doing well and at 20 weeks looks beautiful. I am very excited. The ultrasound was amazing and we have a video of it that we have watched a dozen times. Everyone have a good spring and safe riding to all. This board and everyone on it is great!
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: Cris on March 04, 2004, 03:30:17 PM
Woohoo!  A Jango Jr.!
;)
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Post by: GRU on March 04, 2004, 03:34:13 PM
congratulations....

don't listen to your wife when she sais "we need extra money now so you have to sell your bike"

hehe  :cheers:
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Post by: Rich500 on March 04, 2004, 03:37:06 PM
Excellent news!!!
So howd you score on the kinky test?
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Post by: MstrsLilBrat on March 04, 2004, 08:17:56 PM
Good Job, jangofett!!

*Congrats!!*  :cheers:
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Post by: Rema1000 on March 04, 2004, 08:40:57 PM
Quote from: jangofettThe ultrasound was amazing and we have a video of it that we have watched a dozen times.

Congrats! :cheers: Those ultrasounds are so cool... it's like watching TV (except the audience is more excited).

Now is a good time to test every surface in your home for lead, and then take care of any refinishing work: you won't be able to make any dust come summer.  The real kidproofing can come later, when he's able to move around.

Try and get organized: get a system to take care of bills and chores.  You're likely to forget little things like paying the mortgage once you get busy, unless you have a system that makes sure they get done.
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jangofett on March 04, 2004, 09:12:31 PM
I do need to start kid-proofing the house. How does one test for lead in the house? We live in an older home and I suspect that some of the finishes might contain lead. Thanks for all the nice words everyone! :)
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: pantablo on March 04, 2004, 11:58:52 PM
there are specialists that test for lead...look in the yellow pages for home inspectors...

no need to babyproof yet. Baby will be a lump for a long time (a beautiful, giggling makes-you-want-to-cry-from-happiness lump). As baby gets older and starts to crawl and walk you'll know immediately what is in the danger zone. babies are all different. Mine has one drawer in the kitchen that's his favorite-its the only one he likes to open and close so we put rubber tupperware in there and havent had to worry about anything else.

Boys are great. Just wait till you get home from work and he comes running out yelling "daddy, daddy" with a big grin on his face. Happens much earlier than I expected and brought me to my knees crying happy tears. Mine's 19 months now.

You're going to be SO FRIGGIN TIRED but so ecstatic at the same time. It's magical. Congratulations.
Title: Boys...
Post by: The Buddha on March 05, 2004, 08:50:59 AM
Boys are harder to keep in line mostly I am told, however my reward system works better on boys... my 13 month old gets bike time and he loves it. Also when he'd out near the garage when I am fiddling with something... my wife gives him a stubby wrench as a toy... and yesterday he put his hand in a bucket of gas. I guess next year I'll have to get him a YSR50.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: jake42 on March 05, 2004, 09:34:07 AM
All I can say is my three year old shares the same enthusiasm about bikes as I do.  Whenever I start up the GS he gets really excited and starts jumping around.  Which is exactly what I want to do most of the time. :mrgreen:


hope your little one feels the same way.

jake
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: Rema1000 on March 05, 2004, 11:21:10 AM
Quote from: pantablothere are specialists that test for lead...look in the yellow pages for home inspectors...

You can also get little "tester pens" at the hardware store.  They look like cigarettes.  You squeeze them, then rub the tip on a paint chip, and if the paint chip has lead, it will turn red.  They are supposedly inaccurate, but I got some nice red smears on paint that was later professionally tested to have lead, so they're a good place to start.

The problem is that your son's blood will be tested for lead at several points, and if the reading is a bit high, then the state requires that you have your house professionally tested, then correct any problems.  But with your son in the house, you can't make any lead dust, which means either send the kid to grandma's for a week while the work is done.   Our boy liked to teethe on a low windowsill that had lead paint under the newer paint, and had high lead levels for a while.  We pretty much had to wet the floor and walls (to minimize dust) then rip out the old window mouldings, but we finally got his lead level down.

Agree with Pablo:  all the kidproofing is done in stages later.  

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You're going to be SO FRIGGIN TIRED

I thought of saying this, but figured that there's nothing you can do about it.  Though I suppose you might be able to save-up some vacation time at work, so that you can take the afternoon off and sleep now and then.  I know with ours, I took naps at work, 'cause it just wasn't going to happen at home.
Title: OT: Wife Expecting our first!
Post by: JohNLA on March 05, 2004, 01:52:16 PM
A big congrats :cheers:
(we need a cigar smoking emotion)
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Post by: AndyMC on March 06, 2004, 11:15:58 AM
congrats jango!!!!!!!    when i move back to louisville in 9 months i will buy you the biggest cigar ever       :thumb:
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Post by: jangofett on March 06, 2004, 04:38:46 PM
Sounds great. I have a friend in pharmacy school at Lexington and we plan to ride in that area this summer. We will skip over to Louisville when we do, just let me know when you are around. :cheers:
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Post by: AndyMC on March 07, 2004, 09:54:20 AM
wellll since nobody else has said it yet


Begun the clone war has!       lol
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Post by: jangofett on March 07, 2004, 11:22:28 AM
LMAO :lol: That was priceless! I never thought of it that way. Good one.